Iran warns US, Israel against making ‘a mistake’
1 February 2026, 05:27 AM
Middle East
World must act to ease Gaza’s ‘dire’ conditions
31 January 2026, 07:37 AM
World
Diplomacy gains as US-Iran tensions rise
31 January 2026, 05:09 AM
Middle East
With Iran weakened, Trump’s end goal may now be regime change. It’s an incredibly risky gamble
29 January 2026, 12:25 PM
Middle East
Military intervention in Iran ‘not the preferred option’
26 January 2026, 01:02 AM
Middle East
US envoys in Israel to discuss Gaza’s future
25 January 2026, 01:01 AM
US urges Syria to support jihadist transfer to Iraq
23 January 2026, 05:18 AM
Iran to consider lifting internet ban; state TV hacked
20 January 2026, 08:54 AM
Middle East
Iran executions seemingly ‘tool of state intimidation’
20 January 2026, 00:00 AM
Iran protest toll climbs to 5,000
19 January 2026, 04:50 AM
Palestinian detainees ill-treated
A UN human rights official yesterday accused Israel of mistreating Palestinian detainees in Gaza, saying he had met men who had described being held for weeks, beaten and blindfolded, with some released in diapers.
19 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Nearly 20,000 babies born into Gaza war ‘hell’: UN
The United Nations said yesterday that thousands of babies had been born in conditions “beyond belief” in Gaza since the Israeli offensive began more than three months ago.
19 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Iraqi PM again demands US-led coalition leave
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohamed Shia al-Sudani yesterday repeated his call for the US-led international anti-jihadist coalition to depart his country amid soaring regional tensions over the Israeli offensive in Gaza.
18 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Residents flee as Israel pounds Khan Younis
Israeli forces advancing into the southern Gaza Strip’s main city pounded areas near the biggest hospital still functioning in the enclave yesterday, sending patients and residents fleeing a battle they feared would lay the city to waste.
18 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Israel escalates Gaza strikes
Israel stepped up strikes on the south of Gaza yesterday, ahead of the expected delivery of medicines for hostages in exchange for humanitarian aid under a newly brokered deal.
17 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Kuwait gets first non-royal FM as ‘reform’ era starts
Kuwait’s new emir announced an era of “reform” as a government including the first foreign minister from outside the ruling family took the oath of office yesterday.
17 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Parties to Gaza offensive ‘trampling’ on int’l law
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said yesterday that parties to the conflict in Gaza were “trampling” on international law and urged them to implement an immediate humanitarian ceasefire.
17 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Gaza Offensive: Israel slowing aid delivery
At least 158 Palestinians were killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza in 24 hours, the enclave’s health ministry said yesterday, as Jordan’s Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi accused Israel of placing ‘big impediments’ to aid for Palestinians.
16 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Iran Guards attack Israel’s ‘spy HQ’ in Iraq’s Erbil
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said they attacked the spy headquarters of Israel in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, state media reported late on Monday, while the elite force said they also struck in Syria against the Islamic State.
16 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Gaza deaths top 24,000
The death toll from the Israeli offensive in Gaza has topped 24,000, the enclave’s health ministry said yesterday, as the occupying force kept pounding the Palestinian territory for the 101th day.
15 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Access to Ashdod port critical for Gaza aid
Three United Nations agencies yesterday called on Israel to allow access to the port of Ashdod, north of Gaza, for the urgent delivery of humanitarian aid.
15 January 2024, 18:00 PM
125 more killed on 100th day of Gaza carnage
Israeli strikes killed at least 125 people yesterday, the 100th day of the offensive which has ravaged the Gaza Strip prompting UN to call the situation in the besieged Palestinian territory “straining our shred humanity”.
14 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Gaza offensive ‘staining our shared humanity’
A top UN official said that Israeli offensive in Gaza was staining humanity, as the conflict has created a dire humanitarian crisis for 2.4 million people in the Palestinian enclave.
14 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Israel keeps pounding Gaza
Israel kept up bombardments in the Gaza Strip yesterday as its deadly offensive on the enclave approached 100 days with no end in sight.
13 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Israeli strikes kill 151 more in Gaza
Israel’s latest attacks on Gaza have killed at least 151 people, including 11 in a single house, Palestinian health officials said yesterday, while the UN humanitarian office accused Israel of blocking its efforts to send aid to the north.
12 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Israel faces genocide charges at World Court
Israel yesterday faced accusations at the World Court of genocide in its offensive in Gaza, as the first residents returned to scenes of total devastation in northern areas where Israeli forces have begun withdrawing this week.
11 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Magnitude 6.4 quake rattles Afghanistan
An earthquake hit northeastern Afghanistan yesterday, shaking buildings from the capital Kabul to Islamabad in neighbouring Pakistan.
11 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Iran seizes tanker with Iraqi crude oil
Iran seized a tanker with Iraqi crude destined for Turkey yesterday in what appeared to be a retaliation for the seizure last year of the same vessel by Tehran’s arch foe the United States, Iranian media reported.
11 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Despair in Gaza as fighting intensifies
Israeli strikes in southern and central Gaza intensified yesterday despite a pledge by Israel that it would pull out some troops and shift to a more targeted campaign, and pleading from its ally Washington to kill fewer civilians.
10 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Afghan women detained over improper hijab
A Taliban official has said several girls and women were detained recently in Kabul for not covering themselves properly, after reports circulated of a crackdown in Kabul.
10 January 2024, 18:00 PM